Many Roma experience increased racism and discrimination, but the authorities are unable to protect the rights of Roma. The Commission notes in antiziganism.
The Commission was appointed last year after it was revealed that the Malmö police brought a record of Roma. The report presented is based on conversations with hundreds of Roma in Sweden and audits by various agencies.
The most serious criticism is directed, according to Swedish Television News, against the police.
An example highlighted is that the agency still goes out and calls for people with “Roma appearance.”
According to the Commission report feeling many Roma themselves distrusted by the authorities.
– Very few of the notifications Roma do go Furthermore, in the legal processes, and we think that is remarkable, says Commission Secretary Heidi Pikkarainen to SVT.
Swedish Radio interview Rosita Grönfors, president of the International Romani and Traveller women’s center in Stockholm. She has lived in Sweden for 58 years and says she experienced more racism today than ten years ago.
– Directly after I walked into a grocery store so they call the guards. There will be two guards who follow me all the time until I have gone out of the deal.
The Commission on antiziganism now want to see an institution working on Roma rights and that makes it as they deem established organizations are not able to do .
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